Casino card game

ABSTRACT

A casino card game that can be played by any amount of players, and one bank, with the only skill required being the knowledge of addition and recognition of a standard deck of playing cards. The game is substantially similar to “Pan 9,” with the object being to obtain a three-card hand with a sum total of nine or the closest thereto, and the players win if they beat the bank&#39;s hand. The game differs from “Pan 9” in that when the initial cards are dealt, four cards are dealt to each player and four cards are dealt to the bank, and no further cards may be dealt. Each player then must choose three of his four cards to create a sum total closest to nine. The remaining fourth card becomes the “kicker.” If a player&#39;s hand has a sum total greater than the bank&#39;s hand, the player wins. The kicker is not counted in the hand, and the kicker is used as a tie-breaking card, in the event of a player&#39;s hand being equal in value to the bank&#39;s hand. In the event that the bank&#39;s hand and a player&#39;s hand are equal, the greater valued kicker card wins.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

The rise in popularity of card games similar to “Pan 9,” “Blackjack,”and “Baccarat,” is noticeable within gambling establishments andcasinos. And though there are a handful of card games available atcasinos, most of these card games have been in existence for severaldecades, with little or no change to their rules or play. Pan 9specifically is a common game which due to its rules, often has ties forthe players and dealer. This leads to less winning and less enjoyment.It would be nice to have a new variation of these games that providesquicker play, more winners, less ties, more opportunity for interactivecard play, and simple rules that are easy to follow which create anoutcome based more on chance rather than skill. Such a game would bebeneficial to both gambling establishments and players alike.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The invention relates to a casino card game which is played using one ormore decks comprising a plurality of valued cards.

The plurality of valued cards in a single deck comprise various valuedcards; four cards, each having a value of 1; four cards, each having avalue of 2; four cards, each having a value of 3; four cards, eachhaving a value of 4; four cards, each having a value of 5; four cardseach having a value of 6; twelve cards, each having a value of zero.Additionally, cards having variable value may be included in a deck. Astandard deck of 52 playing cards comprises thirty-six cards withnumbered indicia, each represented with the numbers “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”,“6”, “7”, “8”, “9” or “10”, four cards with “ace” indicia representedwith the letter “A”, four cards with “jack” indicia represented with theletter “J”, four cards with “queen” indicia represented with the letter“Q”, and four cards with “king” indicia represented with the letter “K”.One or more standard decks of 52 playing cards may be used for game playafter removing 16 cards from the deck and assigning the aforementionednumerical values to the remaining 36 cards. As an example, given astandard deck of 52 cards, the cards within the deck having numberedindicia “7”, “8”, “9”, “10” may be removed. The values of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6may be assigned to corresponding cards having numbered indicia “2”, “3”,“4”, “5”, “6”, respectively, a value of 1 may be assigned to each cardhaving the indicia “A”, and the value of zero may be assigned to cardshaving indicia “J”, “Q”, or “K”. Additionally, one or more “joker” cardsmay accompany a standard deck of playing cards, and the “joker” may beused as a card having variable value in the game set forth.

During play, various card values are added together. Any two-digit valueis equal to the value of the second digit. As an example, a value of 23equals 3, a value of 12 equals 2, a value of 20 equals zero, and a valueof 17 equals 7.

The object of the game is to utilize a four-card hand to obtain athree-card set with a sum total of nine or the closest thereto. The gameis played between at least two players. One player is designated as the“bank” and only one bank may exist. A bank may in fact be a casino orgambling establishment itself. The bank competes against each otherplayer. The bank's hand is compared to each other player's hand in orderto determine any winners. Each player having a set of three-cards valuedgreater than the value of the bank's set of three-cards beats the bank.Only one hand may be designated as the bank's hand. Winners aredetermined by comparing each player's hand to the bank's hand. Theownership of the bank's hand is determined prior to game play, as is theownership of any other hand. If a player's three-card set and the bank'sthree-card set are of equal value, the player's discarded fourth card iscompared to the bank's discarded fourth card to determine the outcome.In the case where a player's three-card set value is equal to the bank'sthree-card set value, if the player's discarded fourth card is equal invalue to the bank's discarded fourth card, the result is a tie betweenthe player's hand and the bank's hand; if the player's discarded fourthcard is greater in value than the bank's discarded fourth card, theresult is the player's hand wins; if the bank's discarded fourth card isgreater in value than the player's discarded fourth card, the result isthe player's hand loses.

One or more decks of cards may be used such that it is possible thatfour cards may be dealt to each person or entity playing the game, suchthat each person or entity playing has four cards upon completion ofdealing. As there are various methods of wagering in casinos and othergambling establishments, persons or entities wagering on the game in anymanner may or may not participate in game play.

Four cards are dealt to each player and four cards are dealt to thebank. Each player and the bank must select a set of three cards from thefour cards in his respective hand to create a sum total of nine orclosest thereto, discarding the fourth card not used in the selected setof three cards. Once each game participant has selected a set of threecards and one card to discard from his hand of four cards, each player'ssum total value of his three-card set is compared to the bank's sumtotal value of his three-card set. If a player's three-card set isgreater in value of the bank's three-card set, that player wins.Likewise, if a player's three-card set is lesser in value than thebank's three-card set, that player loses; in the event that the bank'sthree-card set and the player's three-card set are equal, the player'sdiscarded card value and the bank's discarded card value are compared,and if the player has a greater discarded card value than the bank'sdiscarded card value, the player wins, if the player has a lesserdiscarded card value than the bank's discarded card value, the playerloses, and if the player has an equal discarded card value as the bank'sdiscarded card value, the player ties. As an example, there are threeplayers and a bank. The bank deals from a shuffled set of cardscontaining one or more decks. Cards are dealt one at a time, in such amanner that a total of four cards are dealt to “Player-1,” a total offour cards are dealt to “Player-2,” a total of four cards are dealt to“Player-3,” and a total of four cards are dealt to “The Bank.” As anexample, Player-1 receives four cards with the values zero, 1, 3, and 5respectively, Player-2 receives four cards with the values zero, 4,zero, and 2 respectively, Player-3 receives four cards with the values4, 4, zero, and zero respectively, and The Bank receives four cards withthe values 4, 1, 3, and 6 respectively. Player-1 may select his cardshaving values 1, 3, and 5 to obtain a three-card set having sum totalvalue of 9; 1+3+5=9. This leaves a discarded card of value 4 forPlayer-1. Player-2 may select his cards having values zero, 2, and 4 toobtain a three-card set having sum total value of 6; 0+2+4=6. Thisleaves a discarded card of value zero for Player-2. Player-3 may selecthis cards having values zero, 4, and 4 to obtain a three-card sum totalvalue of 8; 0+4+4=8. This leaves a discarded card of value zero forPlayer-3. The Bank may select his cards having values 1, 3, and 4 toobtain a three-card sum total value of 8; 1+3+4=8. This leaves adiscarded card of value 6 for The Bank. Player-1 beats the bank becausePlayer-1 has a three-card set having a value of 9, and The Bank has athree-card set having a value of 8; three-card set value 9>three-cardset value 8. The Bank beats Player-2 because Player-2 has a three-cardset having a value of 6, and the bank has a three-card set having avalue of 8; three-card set value 8>three-card set value 6. The Bankbeats Player-3 because Player-3 has a three-card set having a value of 8along with a discarded card having a value of zero, and The Bank has athree-card set having a value of 8 along with a discarded card having avalue of 6; three-card set value 8=three-card set value 8, discardedcard value 6>discarded card value 0. In one embodiment, if a player'sthree-card set and his discarded card are equal in value to the bank'sthree-card set and the bank's discarded card respectively, it is a tiebetween the player and the bank. As an example, if Player-1 has athree-card set having a value of 7 along with a discarded card having avalue of zero, and The Bank has a three-card set having a value of 7 anda discarded card having a value of zero, it is a tie between Player-1and The Bank. In another embodiment, if a player has three-card set anddiscarded card that are equal in value to the bank's three-card set anddiscarded card respectively, the bank wins.

In one embodiment, one or more variable value cards may be used duringplay. A variable value card has a value determined by how it is played.If used, the variable value card or cards become part of a card deck;thus a deck would have more than 36 cards total. During play, a variablevalue card dealt to any hand may be used to obtain a three-card sethaving a value of 9 regardless of the two other card values in thethree-card set. As an example, if a three-card set comprises a cardhaving a value of 4, a card having a value of 3, and a variable valuecard, the three-card set is valued at 9, and the variable value card hasa value of 2 for this particular three-card set; 4+3+2=9. A variablevalue card may be used as a discarded card. A variable value card has agreater value than any discarded card of constant value, and is equal invalue to any other variable value card. As an example, if one discardedcard being played has a value of 6, and another discarded card beingplayed is a variable value card, the discarded variable value card isgreater in value than the discarded card with a value of 6.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The invention will be more fully described in the following detaileddescription in conjunction with the drawings in which:

FIG. 1 sets forth the components of the deck of cards of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is an illustration showing cards of the present invention;

FIG. 3 represents a first hand of the casino card game of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 represents a second hand of the casino card game of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 represents a third hand of the casino card game of the presentinvention;

FIG. 6 represents a fourth hand of the casino card game of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The casino card game is played using one or more decks of cards as shownin FIG. 1. A deck comprises a plurality of cards, each having value. Thevalues of zero, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or variable value are assigned tovarious cards 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24. The plurality of valuedcards in a single deck comprise: four cards, each having a value of 112; four cards, each having a value of 2 14; four cards, each having avalue of 3 16; four cards, each having a value of 4 18; four cards, eachhaving a value of 5 20; four cards each having a value of 6 22; twelvecards, each having a value of zero 10. Additionally, cards havingvariable value 24 may be included in a deck. A portion of a standarddeck of 52 playing cards is represented in FIG. 2. A standard deck of 52playing cards comprises thirty-six cards with numbered indicia, eachrepresented with the numbers “2” 32, “3” 34, “4” 36, “5” 38, “6” 40,“7”, “8”, “9” or “10”, four cards with “ace” 30 indicia represented withthe letter “A” 30, four cards with “jack” 42 indicia represented withthe letter “J” 42, four cards with “queen” 44 indicia represented withthe letter “Q” 44, and four cards with “king” 46 indicia representedwith the letter “K” 46. One or more standard decks of 52 playing cardsmay be used for game play after removing 16 cards from the deck andassigning the aforementioned numerical values to the remaining 36 cards.As an example, given a standard deck of 52 cards, the cards within thedeck having numbered indicia “7”, “8”, “9”, “10” may be removed. Thevalues of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 may be assigned to corresponding cards havingnumbered indicia “2” 32, “3” 34, “4” 36, “5” 38, “6” 40 respectively, avalue of 1 may be assigned to each card having the indicia “A” 30, andthe value of zero may be assigned to cards having indicia “J” 42, “Q”44, or “K” 46. Additionally, one or more “joker” 48 cards may accompanya standard deck of playing cards, and the “joker” 48 may be used as acard having variable value in the game set forth.

One or more decks of cards may be used such that it is possible thatfour cards may be dealt to each person or entity playing the game, suchthat each person or entity playing has four cards upon completion ofdealing. As there are various methods of wagering in casinos and othergambling establishments, persons or entities wagering on the game in anymanner may or may not participate in game play.

Four cards are dealt to each player and four cards are dealt to thebank. FIG. 3 represents a hand dealt to a player. FIG. 4 represents ahand dealt to another player. FIG. 5 represents a hand dealt to anotherplayer. FIG. 6 represents a hand dealt to the bank. Each player and thebank must select a set of three cards from the four cards in hisrespective hand to create a sum total of nine or closest thereto,discarding the fourth card not used in the selected set of three cards.Once each game participant has selected a set of three cards and onecard to discard from his hand of four cards, each player's sum totalvalue of his three-card set is compared to the bank's sum total value ofits three-card set. The bank may be a person, persons or entity. If aplayer's three-card set is greater in value of the bank's three-cardset, the player wins. Likewise, if a player's three-card set is lesserin value than the bank's three-card set, that player loses; in the eventthat the bank's three-card set and the player's three-card set areequal, the player's discarded card value and the bank's discarded cardvalue are compared, and if the player has a greater discarded card valuethan the bank's discarded card value, the player wins, if the player hasa lesser discarded card value than the bank's discarded card value, theplayer loses, and if the player has an equal discarded card value as thebank's discarded card value, the player ties the bank. In variousembodiments of the game, the rules may be adjusted such that for varioushands, the winner may not be determined by the resultant values of thethree-card hands and discarded cards. For example, if the player has thesame three-card set value as the bank's three-card set value, and theplayer has a discarded card value equal to the bank's discarded cardvalue, it may be deemed that the player loses to the bank. As an exampleof game play, there may exist three players and a bank. The bank dealsfrom a shuffled set of cards containing one or more decks. Cards aredealt one at a time, in such a manner that a total of four cards 50, 52,54, 56, are dealt to “Player-1,” a total of four cards 60, 62, 64, 66,are dealt to “Player-2,” a total of four cards 70, 72, 74, 76 are dealtto “Player-3,” and a total of four cards 80, 82, 84, 86, are dealt to“The Bank.” As an example, Player-1 receives four cards with the valueszero 50, 1 52, 3 54, and 5 56 respectively, Player-2 receives four cardswith the values zero 60, 4 62, zero 64, and 2 66 respectively, Player-3receives four cards with the values 4 70, 4 72, zero 74, and zero 76respectively, and The Bank receives four cards with the values 4 80, 182, 3 84, and 6 86 respectively. Player-1 may select his cards havingvalues 1, 3, and 5 to obtain a three-card set having sum total value of9; 1+3+5=9. This leaves a discarded card of value 4 for Player-1.Player-2 may select his cards having values zero, 2, and 4 to obtain athree-card set having sum total value of 6; 0+2+4=6. This leaves adiscarded card of value zero for Player-2. Player-3 may select his cardshaving values zero, 4, and 4 to obtain a three-card sum total value of8; 0+4+4=8. This leaves a discarded card of value zero for Player-3. TheBank may select his cards having values 1, 3, and 4 to obtain athree-card sum total value of 8; 1+3+4=8. This leaves a discarded cardof value 6 for The Bank.

After each player has selected his respective three-card set and discardfrom his four-card hand, each player must place his cards on the chosenplaying surface, such that each player's three-card set is clearlydistinguished from his discard. Then the bank reveals its choice of athree-card set from its four-card hand as well revealing its discard.Then each player's hand is compared to the bank's hand. In the aboveexample, Player-1 beats the bank because Player-1 has a three-card sethaving a value of 9, and The Bank has a three-card set having a value of8; three-card set value 9>three-card set value 8. The Bank beatsPlayer-2 because Player-2 has a three-card set having a value of 6, andthe bank has a three-card set having a value of 8; three-card set value8>three-card set value 6. The Bank beats Player-3 because Player-3 has athree-card set having a value of 8 along with a discarded card having avalue of zero, and The Bank has a three-card set having a value of 8along with a discarded card having a value of 6; three-card set value8=three-card set value 8, discarded card value 6>discarded card value 0.In one embodiment, if a player's three-card set and his discarded cardare equal in value to the bank's three-card set and the bank's discardedcard respectively, it is a tie between the player and the bank. As anexample, if Player-1 has a three-card set having a value of 7 along witha discarded card having a value of zero, and The Bank has a three-cardset having a value of 7 and a discarded card having a value of zero, itis a tie between Player-1 and The Bank. In another embodiment, if aplayer has three-card set and discarded card that are equal in value tothe bank's three-card set and discarded card respectively, the bankwins.

In one embodiment, one or more variable value cards 48 may be usedduring play. A variable value card has a value determined by how it isplayed. If used, the variable value card or cards become part of a carddeck; thus a deck would have more than 36 cards total. During play, avariable value card dealt to any hand may be used to obtain a three-cardset having a value of 9 regardless of the two other card values in thethree-card set. As an example, if a three-card set comprises a cardhaving a value of 4, a card having a value of 3, and a variable valuecard, the three-card set is valued at 9, and the variable value card hasa value of 2 for this particular three-card set; 4+3+2=9. A variablevalue card may be used as a discarded card. A variable value card has agreater value than any discarded card of constant value, and is equal invalue to any other variable value card. As an example, if one discardedcard being played has a value of 6, and another discarded card beingplayed is a variable value card, the discarded variable value card isgreater in value than the discarded card with a value of 6.

During play, various card values are added together. Any two-digit valueis equal to the value of the second digit. As an example, a value of 23equals 3, a value of 12 equals 2, a value of 20 equals zero, and a valueof 17 equals 7.

It is inferred that other embodiments may exist which relate to thepresent invention. One such embodiment may be an internet version ofthis casino card game, which may be played using graphical images torepresent cards, where players play against a computerized bank,represented by an entity or person or persons, through a computernetwork or such devices used to digitally link people or entities toplay such a game.

1. A casino card game comprising: at least one deck of cards; said deckof cards comprising a plurality of value cards, a hand of cards randomlydealt from said decks to at least one player; said hand having; (a) fourcards, and (b) value; said hand comprising four cards having valuedetermined by: (a) selecting three cards from said hand to designate asa set, (b) summing the value of said cards in three-card set todetermine value of said set (c) discarding the card not selected to bein said set (d) valuing said discarded card separately from said set 2.The casino card game of claim 1 wherein a value of 10 is equal to avalue of zero.
 3. The casino card game of claim 2 wherein a two-digitvalue is equal to the value of the second digit.
 4. The casino card gameof claim 1 wherein a three-card set selected from a hand has a value ofnine if said set includes a value card having variable value.
 5. Thecasino card game of claim 1 wherein the value of a card having variablevalue is greater than the value of a card having constant value whenneither card is part of a three-card set.